Aerial transport system



Aug. 26 1924. 1,506,613

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0. CAMP AERIALI TRANSPORT SYSTEM Filed Dec. 1, 1923 4 She'ets-Shut 4 INVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES ONOFRE CAMP, OF BARRANQUILLA. COLOMBIA.

AERIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

Application filed December 1, 1923. Serial No. 678,066.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ONOFRE CAMP. a citizen of the Kingdom of Spain, residing at Barranquilla, Republic of Colombia. South America, have invented new and useful Improvements in Aerial Transport Systems, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means of transportation and has for an object the pro- VISiOIl of a system of aerial transport by means of which passengers or freight may be conveniently and expeditiously transported.

Another object of the invention is to provide a transport system adapted for use in either congested districts or in the open country, the system eliminating the use of bridges, tunnels and like expensive road bed construction so that the system may be installed at a relatively small cost.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simple and etficient rail or track supporting structure which is capable of supporting either one or two rails, the construction being such as to permit of the supporting towers being spaced a relatively great distance apart without weakening the structure.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of an aerial transport system constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view. 1

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section.

Figure 4 is an elevation of the subject matter of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse section of a double track system; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary top plan view.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the system as shown comprises a plurality of spaced supporting towers 10. These towers are preferably of structural iron and include vertical columns 11, cross beams 12 and inclined braces 13, providing a trusslike structure which. is supported upon a suitable foundation. This foundation may consist of pillars 14 as shown in Figure 1, or of a base 15 as shown in Figure 2. The pillars 14 are especiallv adapted for use in the open country. while the base 15 is adapted for use in cities and may be located within a trench 16 below the surface of the street.

In Figures 2, 3 and 4 a single track, single rail system is shown. In this form of the invention, the supporting towers 10 are provided at their tops with laterally extending arms 17. The outer ends of these have secured thereto spaced pairs of upper and lower angle bars 18 and 19 which extend horizontally and serve to connect the arms 17. These pairs of upper and lower angle bars are connected by braces 20 arranged in truss formation and these members and angle bars provide a continuous structure. Secured to this continuous structure are spaced hangers 21. These hangers are arranged within the angle bars, being seated within one of the bars 19. Bolts 22 extend through the truss braces and through plates or bars 23 which connect the inner up er and lower angle bars so as to securely hold the hangers in place. These hangers are provided with substantially T-shaped slots 24 which receive a rail 25.

Traveling over the rail 25 are carriages 26, the said carriages including peripherally grooved wheels 27 whose grooves receive the heads of the rail 25. These carriages are secured to and support the opposite ends of suitable cars 28 which are suspended from the rails 25 so as to travel beneath the rails.

The cars 28 are preferably torpedo shaped as shown and are provided at their opposite ends with propellers 29 operated from engines or motors (not shown).

The towers 10 may support suitable platforms 30 from which passengers may enter and leave the car, the said platforms being reached by stairways or elevators (not shown). These platforms are spaced a suitable distance apart and the towers which support them may also support shades or covers 31 which are arranged above the platforms.

In Figure 5 of the drawings there is illustrated a double track, double rail system in which the supporting towers 11. have extending upon opposite sides arms 32. These arms like the arms 17 are connected by spaced pairs of upper and lower angle bars 33 and 34, while additional spaced pairs of upper and lower angle bars 35 and 36 are arranged parallel to and spaced from the first mentioned angle bars. All the angle bars are connected by trussed braces 37, while the bars 33 are connected to the bars 35 by trussed arms 38. Arms and braces 39 and 40 respectivelv serve to connect. the bars 33 and 35 with the tower.

The construct-ion just described provides spaced inner and outer continuous arm connecting means upon opposite sides of the towers 11 and spaced along the connecting means are oppositely located substantially L-shaped hangers 41, the latter being secured in place in the manner previously described and being seated Within the opposed angle bars 34 and 36. The hangers 41 are provided with substantiallv T-shapetl grooves 42 for the reception of rails 43, the latter serving to support a carriage 44 which includes spaced pairs of peripherally grooved wheels 45. The carriage 44 is connected to the car 28 previously mentioned or to a car of any desired type.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is An overhead trackway for aerial transport systems comprising vertical supports provided with laterally extending arms at their upper ends, pairs of spaced horizontally arranged angle beams, the inner ones of which being secured to the arms. brace elements arranged in truss formation between the angle beams, L-shaped track supporting members supported by the outer angle heand having their lower legs resting on the lower outer angle beam and extending laterally therefrom, a plate arranged in opposed relation to the vertical leg of each of the track supporting members and having their ends disposed within the inner angle beam, fastening elements extending through the vertical legs of the track supporting members, brace members and plate. and a trackway supported by the lateral legs of the U-shaped supporting members.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ONOFRE CAMP. 

